Complications following surgery ended the life of Mrs. Martha S. Peterson, 88, last Friday evening at the St. Elizabeth hospital, Lafayette. She had been hospitalized for two weeks, but had been ill for the last two years.
Mrs. Peterson was born in Montgomery county, August 12, 1868. She was the daughter of Martin and Elizabeth (Dunbar) Bowers. On November 28, 1888, she was married to Paris B. Peterson, who died December 27, 1928.
She was a member of the old White Church of the Brethren in Montgomery county.
Surviving are a brother, Robert Bowers; a granddaughter, Mrs. Luella Stewart, and four great-grandchildren. A son, Harley M. Peterson, died in 1945.
Last rites were held Sunday afternoon at the Kleinsmith Funeral Home. Burial was in the Bowers cemetery in Montgomery county.
-- The Mulberry Reporter, July 18, 1957
Mrs. Peterson was born in Montgomery county, August 12, 1868. She was the daughter of Martin and Elizabeth (Dunbar) Bowers. On November 28, 1888, she was married to Paris B. Peterson, who died December 27, 1928.
She was a member of the old White Church of the Brethren in Montgomery county.
Surviving are a brother, Robert Bowers; a granddaughter, Mrs. Luella Stewart, and four great-grandchildren. A son, Harley M. Peterson, died in 1945.
Last rites were held Sunday afternoon at the Kleinsmith Funeral Home. Burial was in the Bowers cemetery in Montgomery county.
-- The Mulberry Reporter, July 18, 1957
Complications following surgery ended the life of Mrs. Martha S. Peterson, 88, last Friday evening at the St. Elizabeth hospital, Lafayette. She had been hospitalized for two weeks, but had been ill for the last two years.
Mrs. Peterson was born in Montgomery county, August 12, 1868. She was the daughter of Martin and Elizabeth (Dunbar) Bowers. On November 28, 1888, she was married to Paris B. Peterson, who died December 27, 1928.
She was a member of the old White Church of the Brethren in Montgomery county.
Surviving are a brother, Robert Bowers; a granddaughter, Mrs. Luella Stewart, and four great-grandchildren. A son, Harley M. Peterson, died in 1945.
Last rites were held Sunday afternoon at the Kleinsmith Funeral Home. Burial was in the Bowers cemetery in Montgomery county.
-- The Mulberry Reporter, July 18, 1957
Mrs. Peterson was born in Montgomery county, August 12, 1868. She was the daughter of Martin and Elizabeth (Dunbar) Bowers. On November 28, 1888, she was married to Paris B. Peterson, who died December 27, 1928.
She was a member of the old White Church of the Brethren in Montgomery county.
Surviving are a brother, Robert Bowers; a granddaughter, Mrs. Luella Stewart, and four great-grandchildren. A son, Harley M. Peterson, died in 1945.
Last rites were held Sunday afternoon at the Kleinsmith Funeral Home. Burial was in the Bowers cemetery in Montgomery county.
-- The Mulberry Reporter, July 18, 1957
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